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'Why were you looking at that girl?'

DEFINITION: n. A person who wants to monopolize all of someone's love and tries to prevent them from sharing it with others.v. To monopolize someone's love.

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Stealationshipper

Created by: jonobo

Pronunciation: steal + (nation minus first n) + s + (hippie minus ie) + (error minus ror) = pro-nun-sci-ey-tion

Sentence: She was a classic stealationshipper, a control freak lost in an endless spiral of fear and paranoia - sad but true.

Etymology: steal + relationship

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Mugwuv

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: MUG-wub

Sentence: When Clarence scolded her for kissing her brother, Serena knew he was a mugwuv, and told him to take a hike.

Etymology: mug-to steal, wuv, mugwump

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Cardiopoli

AnnieChandon

Created by: AnnieChandon

Pronunciation:

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Etymology:

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Kisswurst

Created by: thefreewheeler

Pronunciation: kiss worst

Sentence: I thought Mandy would be cool about me chatting with my old co-worker Lyndsy, but she turned out to be a real kisswurst.

Etymology:

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Wildoatstamer

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: wild-oats-tamer

Sentence: Rufus was a renowned oats cultivator, but after meeting Dora, an honest to goodness wildoatstamer, he confined his sowing to his own farm.

Etymology: wild oats (sharing ones love around) + tamer (as in lion tamer, someone who deals with wild things)

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Lovaritia

Created by: jjlmfay

Pronunciation: Low-wah-ree-tia

Sentence: His paranoia was growing with the passing of each day apart. He had become a lovaritia, consumed with control and love turned something sickly. Her affection wasn't enough, he had to have all of her.

Etymology: love (deep affection for someone) + avaritia (Latin for greed)

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Leashentious

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: leash/en/shush

Sentence: Sally was so leashentious that she bought her boyfriend a special choker that was electronically hooked up to her earrings so that she could monitor his behavior. This way she could prevent him from having illicit leashaisons.

Etymology: leash + licentious

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COMMENTS:

Good one...you need to get them into Walmart for Christmas! - Nosila, 2008-06-24: 20:28:00

good word;like the story too. - OZZIEBOB, 2008-06-25: 06:41:00

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Loveshackler

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: luv-shak-lah

Sentence: She realised too late that she had just moved in with a loveshackler....and whats more the tiiiiiiiiiiiin roof was rusted

Etymology: shackles, love shack...baby love shack.

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COMMENTS:

Clever and funny! - wordmeister, 2007-04-17: 05:02:00

Very good! - purpleartichokes, 2007-04-17: 05:18:00

The B52's would applaud. Good one - toadstool57, 2007-04-17: 07:55:00

Like the connotation of irritation conveyed by the cheese (music, not lunch) reference. - Bulletchewer, 2007-04-17: 13:20:00

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Lovevampire

Created by: jedijawa

Pronunciation: love-vam-pire

Sentence: Julie was a lovevampire in that she sucked all of the love out of a relationship by monopolizing all of the love of her victim.

Etymology: love + vampire

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Insecuramorata

hooterbug

Created by: hooterbug

Pronunciation: /in/seh/kyoor/a/mah/rah/ta

Sentence: Gina smiled as she passed by the couple walking towards her which earned the poor guy that grinned back at her a thump on the forehead by his insecuramorata.

Etymology: in·se·cure = subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person+ Inamorata comes from Italian innamorata, feminine of innamorato, from the past participle of innamorare, "to inspire with love," from in- (from Latin) + amore, "love" (from Latin amor, from amare, "to love"). A man with whom one is in love is an inamorato.

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COMMENTS:

interesting - Jabberwocky, 2008-06-24: 16:11:00

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Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-17: 04:50:00
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2007-04-18: 02:28:00
See the top 4 words of the day at Why were you looking at that girl? ~ James

- 2008-04-20: 01:04:00
good stuffing

- 2008-04-20: 01:08:00
hairy!

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2008-06-24: 00:01:00
Today's definition was suggested by Kurt Vonnegut and first appeared in his novel Cat's Cradle.
Thank you Mr. Vonnegut! ~ James

Verbotomy Verbotomy - 2009-11-03: 00:06:00
Today's definition was suggested by vonnegut. Thank you vonnegut. ~ James

lumina - 2009-11-04: 17:09:00
Thanks for the welcome back Nos. Totally forgot about this fun place. Time to sharpen my verbotomizing skills again. Helloooo methrohumanx!